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report, Ilea concluded that his patient suffered from no mental abnormalities or diseases. This conclusion would later be disputed by another psychiatrist, who stated that Sârca was "an active homosexual, sadistic assassin, having preserved the memory both at the time of committing the crimes and in their preparation". Eventually, his two life sentences were reduced to 15 and 25 years, respectively, with Sârca demanding that they be merged in the hope that he could be released. This request was denied by the courts after it was concluded that he still posed a threat to the general population after he attempted to rape and kill another prisoner. During his prison time, Sârca allegedly met another serial killer, Gheorghe Toma, to whom he claimed to be the king's driver.
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he was jailed for 3 months for stealing tools and materials from the factory he worked at, with this conviction resulting in him being fired and his wife leaving him. After his release, Sârca was arrested for another theft from the Gas and
Electricity Plant, for which he was ordered to serve another six months.
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An indeterminate amount of time later, he met a teenager named Vasile Kis, whom he also lured to the cornfield with promises that he could work on a farm. The pair ate and drank until Kis fell asleep, whereupon Sârca tied up his hands behind his back and started raping him, eventually strangling Kis.
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manufacturing plant. In 1933, he was drafted into the army, where he served in the 2nd Gherla
Mountain Howitzer Regiment and the Central Ammunition Depot until he was discharged the next year. Sârca then returned to Bucharest, where he married, had a child and began working as a locksmith. In 1935,
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Following a quick trial, Ioan Sârca was found guilty of all the murders and sentenced to two life imprisonment terms. While in prison, he underwent several psychiatric evaluations, the most notable of which occurred in 1948, conducted at the
Hospital for Nervous Diseases by Dr. Vasile Ilea. In his
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By the time he had killed
Durgheu, Sârca was already sought after by authorities with the help of Pârvu, who had seen him in the company of the missing boy. He fled to Zalău, where he was initially arrested for theft, but quickly identified as a wanted fugitive by the Oradea police. He was quickly
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with the promise of a job. There, he knocked Sorim to the ground, undressed and then proceeded to rape him, strangling him during intercourse after some time. He then wrapped a wire around his neck and hanged him from a nearby tree. He repeated this act with one other victim, about whom no public
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Over the next few months, Sârca would pick up victims in front of the train station, the hospital or the flea market, luring them to the
Apateului forest or cornfields with promises of jobs. Once at the desired destination, he would tie them up, undress them, rape and strangle them, covering the
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Bucharest, claiming that he had a job offer for him. After convincing Boroș to accompany him, he lured him to a nearby cornfield where he hit him and attempted to tie his hands. Boroș resisted fiercely and managed to escape without harm, immediately reporting the incident to the
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Despite repeated petitions for his release, Sârca remained imprisoned until his death in 1991, aged 80. He reportedly never showed guilt or remorse for any of his crimes. According to several inmates at the penitentiary he was last housed in, Sârca may have been forcefully
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by a pair of doctors who had arrived on the date of his death, claiming that they wanted to treat him for several diseases. According to this theory, the reason for this was to have Sârca's brain sent for analysis in
Bucharest, but these claims have never been confirmed.
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Following his release, unable to find a job, Sârca began to earn money by offering sexual services to men, while maintaining relationships exclusively with women. He continued to do this until the early 1940s, when he began to feel sexual desire towards younger men.
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and rapist who killed at least 20 young boys and adolescents between 1943 and 1945. Considered one of the worst killers in the country's modern history, he was sentenced to
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Florian Moric (16), lured next to the
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404:List of serial killers by country
16:Romanian serial killer and rapist
488:Florin Negoiță (21 March 2021).
188:(9 March 1911 – 1991), known as
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507:Andreea Bolocan (9 May 2021).
359:Arrest, trial and imprisonment
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527:Categories
468:Bihoreanul
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391:euthanized
343:Sântandrei
207:Early life
186:Ioan Sârca
37:1911-03-09
25:Ioan Sârca
217:Bucharest
160:Bucharest
141:1943–1945
45:Alsóvalkó
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192:, was a
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325:Russia
306:Oradea
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